Overview
- Introduces and analyzes the Japanese theory of civil society, a unique and influential social science in postwar Japan
- Explores Japan’s contemporary capitalism based on the French régulation approach, creating the concept of “companyism” instead of Fordism
- Proposes theoretical points for the development of the régulation approach, thus contributing to an interaction of economic and political sciences
Part of the book series: Evolutionary Economics and Social Complexity Science (EESCS, volume 14)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Postwar Japan and the Theory of Civil Society
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The Rise and Fall of Contemporary Japanese Capitalism
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Theoretical Considerations of Contemporary Capitalism
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Toshio Yamada is Emeritus Professor at Nagoya University, having previously served as Professor of Economic Theories at Osaka City University, Nagoya University, etc. in Japan. He graduated from Graduate School of Economics of Nagoya University, and got a doctor’s degree in economics from Osaka City University. He is a director of the Société Franco-Japonaise des Sciences Economiques and a member of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy. His research interests focus on French régulation theory, Japanese civil society thought, and contemporary capitalism. His works in English include Japanese Capitalism in Crisis: A Regulationist Interpretation (2000, co-edited with Robert Boyer).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Contemporary Capitalism and Civil Society
Book Subtitle: The Japanese Experience
Authors: Toshio Yamada
Series Title: Evolutionary Economics and Social Complexity Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0517-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-0516-0Published: 27 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4438-1Published: 15 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-0517-7Published: 15 August 2018
Series ISSN: 2198-4204
Series E-ISSN: 2198-4212
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 225
Number of Illustrations: 21 b/w illustrations
Topics: Social Policy, Economic Policy, International Economics, Political Economy/Economic Systems, Institutional/Evolutionary Economics